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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Minuet
Ornaments
Tone less
Energico
2. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Drone
Klangfarbenmelodie
Ostinato
3. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Vibrato
Sextet
Key
Ligature
4. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Cadenza
Theme
Clef
Pitch
5. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Modes
Tremolo
Trill
Mezzo
6. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Root
Measure
Choir
Choir
7. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Slur
Ligature
Accessible
Form
8. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Accelerando
Castrato
Classical
Exposition
9. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Choir
Falsetto
Pitch
Development
10. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Treble
Intermezzo
Grandioso
Homophony
11. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Fifth
Refrain
Sonatina
Suite
12. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Triad
Ricercar
Measure
Galliard
13. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Clef
March
Recital
14. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Verismo
Cadenza
Voice
Legato
15. Pertains to tone or tones.
Homophony
Verismo
Tonal
Tremolo
16. A mild glissando between two notes for an expressive effect.
Allegro
Chorus
Portamento
Gregorian Chant
17. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Progression
Partial
Consonance
Ornaments
18. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Tonal
Minor
Polytonality
19. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Reprise
Quadrille
Triad
Scale
20. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
System
Gavotte
Pitch
Suite
21. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Obbligato
Sonata
Grave
Interlude
22. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Cadenza
Introduction
Cantabile
23. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Recitative
Natural
Whole note
Introduction
24. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Pitch
Chorale
Rococo
Temperament
25. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Energico
Staff
Theme
Leading note
26. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Tempo
Madrigal
Obbligato
Flat
27. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Sequence
Cantabile
Pentatonic Scale
Pizzicato
28. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Exposition
Symphony
Polyphony
Chant
29. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Cavatina
Chorus
Triad
30. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Chorale
Recitative
Refrain
Sequence
31. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Tritone
Madrigal
Triplet
Nocturne
32. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Grandioso
Musette
Piano
Consonance
33. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Baroque
Progression
Unison
Oratorio
34. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Fifth
Quadrille
Elegy
Recital
35. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Relative major and minor
Klangfarbenmelodie
Waltz
Twelve-tone music
36. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Deceptive cadence
Intonation
Exposition
System
37. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Whole-tone scale
Quartet
Accessible
Waltz
38. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Tonic
Parody
Treble
Trio
39. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Tune
Mezzo
Adagio
40. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Ligature
Legato
Renaissance
Carol
41. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Intermezzo
Measure
Intonation
Cavatina
42. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Waltz
Accelerando
Temperament
Reprise
43. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Maestro
Refrain
Recital
Dissonance
44. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Dissonance
Interlude
Grandioso
Quintet
45. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Chant
March
Resonance
Dynamics
46. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Canon
Minor
Harmony
Flat
47. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Verismo
Encore
Concerto
Relative pitch
48. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Galliard
Rondo
Presto
Leitmotif
49. A direction to play expressively.
Requiem
Tempo
Espressivo
Libretto
50. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Leitmotif
Fermata
Triad
Scordatura